Thanksgiving with Brother David

Anticipating the US Thanksgiving Day next week, Brother David Steindl-Rast has published a new video about gratefulness. It will take a little while to load, but it’s well worth a look.

“Sukkoth & Vincent”

The contributing editor of the Orangeville Citizen in Ontario, Canada this week ran a column determined, he said, by the date of publication: September 27. He offers a brief meditation on the life of Vincent. Read it here.

Accepting the challenge to end poverty

Are we “the first generation that can eradicate poverty”? St. John’s University thinks so. On October 13 the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s invites you to explore “The Just and Moral Society: From Ideal to Reality”....

Climate change: UN conference for NGOs

Tomorrow at the United Nations the 60th Annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference kicks off. Some 2000 representatives of NGOs from more than 80 countries will attend presentations and roundtables on the impact of climate...

Map of earthquake-affected areas and more

Oxfam has made available a .pdf of a map of areas affected by the quake; it was provided to them by the Sistema Nacional de Defensa Civil Perú. Also, Catholic News Service has a round-up of stories of life after the disaster.
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